head gasket help!!!

[GoffeeRedCat]

So I got my gasket kit from ddm today!! My question is do I need to use a silicon sealer for gaskets like I use on cars?? If I do what's the best one?

 

[Guantanamo Joe]

I replaced 2 head gaskets watching youtube videos... and they didnt do it so I didnt either... now both of my trucks run like crazy!!!!

 

[GoffeeRedCat]

Really? No gasket sealer?? Lol I guess I'll try to find those videos then....do you know the torque specs?

 

[Guantanamo Joe]

ummm... I don't have a torque wrench... so mine went in somewhere between "pretty hard" and "be careful, don't strip the hex wrench"... ha ha ha

Im a terrible mechanic

 

[GoffeeRedCat]

Hahaha!!! Stripping the hex is one of my nightmares....I think I'm gonna warm theem up with a hair dryer or if I can find my heat gun before I try to take them out!!

 

[Guest]

So I got my gasket kit from ddm today!! My question is do I need to use a silicon sealer for gaskets like I use on cars?? If I do what's the best one?

Install the gaskets dry.

 

[Guest]

Really? No gasket sealer?? Lol I guess I'll try to find those videos then....do you know the torque specs?

Hope this helps.

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[Guantanamo Joe]

Should I have been using this chart? Guess I need to find a torque wrench...

 

[GoffeeRedCat]

perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks RCDAD!!

 

[Guest]

No prob man!

Let us know how it turns out.

 

[Guest]

Should I have been using this chart? Guess I need to find a torque wrench...

The head is most important. If you got it cranked tight with out stripping you should be ok.

 

[GoffeeRedCat]

will do!!!!!!

 

[Deluge1]

So I got my gasket kit from ddm today!! My question is do I need to use a silicon sealer for gaskets like I use on cars?? If I do what's the best one?

No sealer. They seal fine dry.

 

[Deluge1]

You could also over tighten the bolts and warp the cylinder. It's best to use a torque wrench. If you don't have one, you can snug them down and give them another 1/4 turn. I did it this way when I didn't have a proper torque wrench.

 

[GoffeeRedCat]

You could also over tighten the bolts and warp the cylinder. It's best to use a torque wrench. If you don't have one, you can snug them down and give them another 1/4 turn. I did it this way when I didn't have a proper torque wrench.

I got a torque wrench!!! I was raised by a good backyard mechanic aka my dad who never tightened anything German tight he always used a torque wrench!!

 

[Deluge1]

Yep. My dad was the same way.